Oral arguments and decision making on the United States Supreme Court /
[Book]
Timothy R. Johnson
Albany :
State University of New York Press,
c2004
xii, 180 p. ;
24 cm
SUNY series in American constitutionalism
Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-166) and index
Oral arguments as an information-gathering tool -- Oral arguments and coalition formation -- Conference, opinion writing, and oral arguments -- Oral arguments and decisions on the merits -- Conclusions and implications -- Data selection -- Date reliability -- Example of Justice Powell's oral argument notes from chapter 3